PAGE FOUR rablished Tuesday through Saturday sorninga during the University year. the Dally Collesaan la s student operated new.nsisPr. _., i ROGER ALEXANDER. Editor ...copy Editor, Mike Mink; Sports Editor, Fran Fanucci; Asst. Bus. Mgr., Deanna SoMs; Local Adv. Mgr, Arnold Editorial Director, Ted Serrill; Makeup Editor and Personnel Hoffman; National Adv. Mgr.. Janice Anderson; Co-Cir- Director. Sue Conklin; Assistant City Editor, Ed Dobbs; rotation Mgrs., Ann Caton. David Poses; Promotion Mgr., Assistant Copy Editor, Nanry Showalter; Assistant Sports Arthur Brener; Personnel Mgr.. .lo Fulton: Office Mgr.. Editor, Vines Carocci; Photography Editor, Dose flavor; Harry Yaverbaum; Classified Adv. Mgr.. Barbara Shipman; Exchange Editor, Rocky Zahm; Librarian, Evie Onsa. Secretary, Roth Howland; Research and Records Mgr.. Jane Groff. STAFF THIS ISSUE: Night Editor, Lou Prato; Copy Editors, Larry Jacobson, Judy Harkison; As sistants, Jim Tuttle, Ruth Billig, Joan Miller. HUB Strike: Black Eye for Students The present Food Service-student employee said, would compel the University to fire the hassle in the Hetzel Union Building has served students if they went on strike. to underline the old adage, "boys will be boys". Immediately, the students cried the Univer slip was trying to coerce them into giving up, Now that most of the smoke has cleared, the and was not interested in trying to find an ade dispute over wages and method of payment quate solution. has given the University every reason to be- To all appearances, the University was only lieve when they deal with students, they deal informing the students of a law it felt the students were not cognizant of. As for the sec with children, not adults. ond complaint, if the University wasn't trying From the start, the students have taken a to alleviate the situation, Dr. Walker would not flamboyant "I'm right and you're wrong" at- have promised to study the case and then make Etude. They have consistently been more an- a recommendation. *agonistic. while the University, like "Old Man The students evidently forgot that men in River," just rolled along at an even keel, high positions have reputations to live up to, We're not debating whether the students are and cannot afford to be called prevaricators. right or wrong in their demands; we're frown- Without bothering to investigate the possi ing upon the methods used, and the lack of bility of establishing a grievance panel, the stu organization, knowledge, and tact. dents made another 'faux pas' Wednesday The petition presented to the University start- night. Over 20 quit their jobs. , ed things off. The demands were righteous, as The students hadn't known through lack of investigation, that the same law which forbid was the manner in which they were phrased. them from striking also provided for the estab- But the last paragraph of the petition was a lishment of a grievance panel. veritable bombshell. It told the University if The situation created after the students quit demands weren't met within a week, the stu- didn't help them in their efforts. dents would go on strike "en masse". One just The students had enough sense to return to doesn't try to scare a Univensity their jobs, and at present talks are in process Outwardly unperturbed, the University took to solve the situation. the time and trouble to set up a fact-finding But whatever is done in the way of alleviat committee to hear the students' grievances. ing the situation, the mental harm has been After listening for one and one-half hours, done. Dr. Eric A. Walker, dean of the College of En- The students' thoughtlessness has insulted the gineering and Architecture, told the students he intelligence of University offiicals and has not would study the case and try to come up with helped clear the road for better student-Univer a solution agreeable to both parties. slip relations. At the same hearing, the University, not The students are still in the adolescent stage, wanting the students to make an unknowing but they were wrong in assuming they could mistake, told them they would be fired under deal with University officials on the same in a state law forbidding employees of a state telligence plane agency from striking. The law, the University A Code of Honor All -University Cabinet took another step for ward towards better student government Thurs day when it revised the outdated and extremely unfunctional elections code. The four hours spent arguing, amending, substituting, and voting were well worth the time and trouble Cabinet put into the code. Mistakes in wording, interpretation of articles, and ° glaring discrepencies in the code that pla gued the elections committee in the past were somewhat ironed out. But the most important thing Cabinet pro duced from its toil was that it gave the student encampment committee something definite to work on this fall. Even if nothing else was ac complished. this point alone justifies the eve ning's work. The code and the revisions the elections com mittee presented to Cabinet were far from per fect. Ambiguous wording was still in the code, and parts of the code were even found to be unconstitutional. Cabinet did its best to straight en these out. The elections code has a long way to go be fore it will reach a point of perfection. Perhaps it will never reach that point because it deals with humans. A code can't be written that will hold true for humans at all times and for all cases. But at least a beginning towards attempt ing this end, has been accomplished. The resultt of Thursday's work can not be evaluated until next year's elections are over. Perhaps the same problems that came up be fore past elections committees will come up Safety Valve Players: Need Good Plays TO THE EDITOR: I would not in any way ques tion the ability of Players to put on enjoyable and professional performances. Their quality, as a theater group, is excellent. However, I do question the choice of plays. When a play of "Picnic's" calibre is presented, a fine performance of a fine show usually re sults; but when selections of second rate or of proven failures are presented, the group does not excel. I realize that it is a challenge to make good on a poor or dull play, but couldn't we just settle for a "Bus Stop," "Tea House," or "All My Sons"? If the group wants to be ambitious, why not do something good but difficult, like TIM 'Mother's' Dance To Be Held Tonight The Mother's Day Ball, spon sored by the Town Independent Men, will take place from nine to midnight tonight in the Hetzel Union ballroom. Tickets for the semi-formal dance are available at the HUB desk. The cost is $1.50 per cou ple. Music will be provided by the atm Etatlg Coltrgiatt spec... .. rag rREE LANCE. est_ IEB7 ra'''' Homer Club Initiates 13 The Louise Homer Club, wom en's music honorary society, has initiated Elfrieda Bauer, Marian Beatty, Jane Bergdoll, Linda K. Gerber, Joan Grandinetti. Frances Hettinger, Dorothy Hughes. Vir ginia Mensch, Nancy Siftar. Joan Stern, Mona Jean Sweet. Judith Weaymans, and Emily Wilson. Association of Independent Men band. THE bAttY COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA DAVID RICHARDS, Business Manager Pivot and Poetry When the first of May trips into Penn State we can be assured Pivot will not be far behind. And it wasn't. Yesterday the University's only poetry magazine made its yearly appear ance, as unobtrusively as the gentil blank verse poems it features. Pivot is still undergoing a battle for survival. Fur six years it has sold enough copies to re plenish its funds and continue the following year. But in these days of increasing costs, Pivot is more than ever walking the tight-rope of student interest. The magazine's editors are hoping to sell 900 copies during the four Pivot sales days: yester day, today, Monday, and Tuesday. This is the number of sales figured to meet costs and keep its sprig of life burning. For Pivot is self-supportinig. Pivot is recognized by the world of poetry lovers; it has gained a reputation for fine mod ern poetry. Can we, the students, support this reputation? Can we exchange our sjmple quar ters for the stimulation and entertainment of some excellent poetry? Yes, we can. again in next year's elections. This can't be helped. But Cabinet's initial move towards al leviating the situation at least shows that they are aware and concerned with the problems student government faces, and are doing their best to clear them up. Gazette LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION, House Cleaning Party. 2 p.m.. Lutheran Student Association NEWMAN CLUB, Open House. 8 p.m., Student Center Tomorrow LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION. Lecture. 6:30 pais. Lutheran Student Association LUTHERAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION, Election, 7:16 p.m., Lutheran Student Association Monday ANGEL FLIGHT, General Marching Practice, 7:30 p.m, Armory University Hospital David Anderson. Joseph Brogan. Earl Bruce, Terrance Dunbar. James Gable. William Hillgartner, Stephen Mat lick. William Myers. Romer Newman. Maurice Peace. James Sarver. Maurice Schleicher, Lois Smith. William F. Smith. John Sos, William Woods. "Diary of Anne Frank," instead of something poor and there ore insolvably difficult. Lebanon to Give Morse Honorary Law Degree Adrian 0. Morse, retired pro vost of the -University, will re ceive a doctor of laws degree June 4 at Lebanon Valley College's 87th commencement exercises. Morse, one of four men sched uled to receive honorary degrees at that time, served at the Uni versity from 1929 until - his retire ment last month. Editorials represent the viewpoints of the writera, not necessarily the policy of the paper. the student body, or the Universitr. —Larry Jacobson —Ted Serrill —The Editor —Jon Plaut Little Man on Campus By Bibler ____;* - ---,? "This will make a good test question: 'Compare social psychology to the psychology of music.' But when you make up the quiz make the question read: 'Collate the formation of social stereotypei and the effect of the social environment of the individual with the psychological principle underlying the musical arts.' " conklin's carbon The Closet Plus Tax Dormitory rooms, for the most part, give at least some indication of the personalities of those who reside therein. If not of the indivdual personalities, at least the room reflects something of their living habi One room in particular st. Of the coeds who live there, we would say at first glance, messy; at second glance, peculiar; and would probably run if we took time for a third glance. We do not consider the two odd for using the room as a bedroom, dressing room, living room, kit chen, dining 'room, or library; and if it were to be used as a study (it isn't ever) this would be with in reason. How ever, when all those on the en- tire hall begin to use the room as a coat closet, laun- dry room, and general junk de pository, we be gin to wonder. The coeds, be= ing of a naturally friendly n a ture, often entertain friends in their room. Conversa- tion never lags, even at 5 a.m. (the neighbors show signs of wear —black circles under their eyes —from the late hours). The most significant contribu tion to the room itself made by the notorious friends of the two is the many belongings they leave behind. There are constantly small and large piles of debris in var ious corners of the room. These piles are composed of de bris of two types: 1. items left in the room by friends which are waiting to be claimed, and 2. items just returned to the occupants of the room after a generally long absence. The latter debris is infrequent to say the least. The coeds claim they spend half their time round ing up their belongings from the surrounding rooms. This is might ily disclaimed by the main of fenders. Even-tempered as they are, the roommates find they must argue about such things as ashtrays, dresser scarfs, and the height of the window blind. We see one of the coeds surrounded by her six ashtrays (one for each section of the room) and the other delight fully resting in the pitchdark room at 3 p.m. We hear the beginning of dis agreement as to the height of the window blind which ends with the statement "I will not look out at that Nittany tenament dis trict." This is followed by a high SATURDAY. MAY 12. 1956 - ,A,Ze by sue nds out as a shining example. pitched complaint by the same coed that there are ashes on her dresser scarf. , The dresser, graced by a vase with always fresh flowers, is a sight to behold—when it is vis ible. The joint love of flowers is also carried to the window ledge, where sits a lovely red geranium which has only been knocked on the floor three times by the win dow blind. The miserliness of one of the coeds is continually evident. She has two drawers for odd papers, clippings, boxes, and general junk. These drawers - claim the dignified title of paper and box drawers. In addition to this she finds it necessary to keep a box under the bed and one on the bokcase for similar items. Several clippings and boxes sit in various places in the room waiting to be filed away. The great distinction of these storing places is not altered by the fact that toy cars, maps, bal loons, a broken pencil case, a stale piece of gum, etc., also rest in the catch-all. The coeds find constant pres sure on them to keep their beds made and neat. The constant pres sure is caused by the hall disease of playing slap (better known as double solitaire). This delightful and competitive game affords the (Continued on page five) This Weekend On WDFM 91.1 MEGACYCLES Today 15 --Baaeball Direct from Beaver Field , MigiEM 00 30 --_ 00 ---_-___ Musical Marathon 00 _—_---__ Special Events Series Hi Fi Open House Sian Off Sunday' 25 30 --__- The Third Program 30 -- Sign Off Monday 00 --------- sißn Oa ....aeas, Sports Fend Lewis ttee Lecture 45 ---- 45 ___ News On The National, State. wide, & Sports Scenes MEE! 30 Anthology 45 The Day's News, Sports, Sc Weather in Review .--- Symphonic Notebook Sian Oft __.-- News. Sports Music My Friend As You Believe Showcase
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